9 Oldest Cryptocurrencies Ever Released

9. Nxt Year of introduction: 2013 Symbol: NXT Founder: BCNext (pseudonym) Programming language: Java

8. Primecoin Year of introduction: 2013 Symbol: XPM Founder: Sunny King (pseudonym) Programming language: TypeScript, C++

7. Gridcoin Year of introduction: 2013 Symbol: GRC Founder: Rob Hälford Programming language: C++

6. Dogecoin Year of introduction: 2013 Symbol: DOGE, XDG, Ð Founder: Jackson Palmer and Billy Markus Programming language: C++

5. Ripple Year of introduction: 2012 Symbol: XRP Founder: Jed McCaleb, Arthur Britto, and David Schwartz Programming language: C++

4. Peercoin Year of introduction: 2012 Symbol: PPC Founder: Sunny King (pseudonym) and Scott Nadal Programming language: C++

3. Namecoin Year of introduction: 2011 Symbol: NMC Founder: Vincent Durham Programming language: C++

2. Litecoin Year of introduction: 2011 Symbol: LTC, Ł Founder: Charlie Lee Programming language: C++

1. Bitcoin Year of introduction: 2009 Symbol: BTC, XBT, ₿ Founder: Satoshi Nakamoto Programming language: C++